Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Steven Adler & Matt Sorum Share Stage for "Paradise City"

Camp Freddy brought in the New Year at the world-famous The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California this past Friday night (December 31) with a show that featured former GN'R drummer Matt Sorum introducing original GN'R timekeeper Steven Adler for a version of the Guns classic "Paradise City."

Adler's performance with Camp Freddy came only a few months after Steven slammed Sorum in a interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com. Adler was kicked out of GN'R in 1990 due to his drug use, and when asked how he felt when he heard that Sorum would play on the band's 1991 Use Your Illusion records, Adler said, "his were just half-assed, crappy versions. Nothing personal against the guy, but he's like a goddamn drum machine. He's got no heart; he's got no soul; he's got no feel. And as life and the years have shown, obviously, I'm not the easiest drummer to replace."

Adler added that he thinks the Use Your Illusion albums would have been bigger than the band's 1987 debut, Appetite For Destruction, if he had been on them.

Steven subsequently apologized to Sorum during an August 2010 appearance on the "Good Day LA" television talk show, explaining that "the words just came out wrong." He added, "I think you're [referring to Matt] amazing and I love you, man. Sorry about that."

Sorum told The Pulse of Radio a while back that if the original GN'R band reunites, they should perform with both him and Adler. "If it's me on drums or Steven or whatever, if it happened, it'd be great, you know," he said. "I would actually say to them, 'Hey, bring both of us back,' you know. Let me play the other stuff. We'll have two drum kits. I don't care. If Appetite sounds better with Steven playing it, have both guys up there. They can afford it."